Improvement in carriage-curtain fastening



J. c. FISH.,. Carfiage-Curtain- Fastening.

No. 83,056. Patented Oct. 13, 1868.

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JQHN FISH, OF BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

/ Letters Patent No. 83,056, dated October 13, 1868.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the lame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. FIsH, of Barnstable, in the county of Barnstable, and State .of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Fastening Carriage-Curtains; and I do hereby declare that the following, taken in connection with the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification, is a description of my invention sufiicient to enable those skilled in the art to practise it.

My invention has particular reference to provision inearriage-curtains, for so constructing the eyes' or button-holes thereof that they may be readily slippedupon and from the buttons without strain upon the leather, the means employed also preventing the curtain from accidental removal from the buttons.

The invention consists in inserting between the main leather of the curtain and a reinforcing'patch stitched thereto, at each button-hole, a short strip of elastic band, on one side of the hole only, or at the mouth of the button-hole slit, leaving the eye of the button-hole flee from any elastic material excepting at such slit.

The drawing represents a portion of a carriage-curtain embodying my improvement.

A shows a view of the outer side of the curtain.

B isa section in theline a: x,

O, a section in the line 2 a a denotes the curtain.

b, one of the uprights of the carriage-top, from which upright project the buttons 0, upon which the edge d of the curtain is fastened.

6 denotes the button-holes, the eye of each of which is of a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the shank. f of the button. The head of each button is made oblong in the direction of the button-hole slit, and crown" g or tapering on top,'as seen in the drawings, this construction enabling the curtain to be easily slipped on and fiom the buttons; and at the opening of each button-hole slit into the eye is an elastic, g, which is stitched in between the outer side of the This elastic enables the slit to open when the our tain is being buttoned or unbuttoned, and draws the, edges of the slit together when the button is slipped through the button-hole, so that in the movement of the curtain, when the carriage is in motion, the fliction of the button-shank is entirely, or-mostly, upon the edges of the leather, and not upon the elastic, and the whole surface of the elastic is protected from exposure and wear, as will be readily understood, the elastic having in this respect obvious advantages over an elastic which surrounds or forms the eye for the reception of the button-shank, such an elastic eye being always subject to abrasive wear, and soon becoming inelastic and useless from the action of the-atmosphere.

When a common carriage-curtain is wet, the softnes's of the leather causes the curtain to unbutton from the buttons, and when the curtain dries, the edges of the button-holes are apt 'to become,stiff, and to break open when'pressed upon the buttons, soon enlarging the eye. of the button-hole, so as to render it useless as regards its capability of keeping upon the button; but with the elastic applied, as shown in the drawings, the strain upon the leather is obviated, and the c tain is securely held in position.

I claim a carriage-curtain having button-holes, each with an inserted elastic across the head of the slit thereof, substantially as shown and described.

-I also claim, in combination with each button, having an oblong crown-shaped head, an elastic, which holds the edge of the eye close shank, substantially as shown and described.

J OHN 0. FISH;

Witnesses:

J. B. Onosnr,- Fnmors GOULD.

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